The Opposing Campaigns For Less
By: Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
It is ironic that the social engineers for less – advancing the causes of conservation, cutting back, limiting use of an ever-expanding list of everything – consider expanding big government and more control as perfectly acceptable to accomplish that result. There’s nothing wrong with responsible, non-wastefulness, but there’s a fundamental flaw in the principle that individuals can’t be trusted to make the appropriate decisions, so government must force their compliance. The needs of the whole can only be achieved through the diminishment of the individual.
That really wasn’t the idea that caused our forefathers to go through what they did to establish the system of government they created. In the view of those who support freedom and opportunities, by way of limited-government and the social contract of property rights and the rule of law – the expansion and intrusion of central planning, command and control require serious response.
Ideally, we will see success in proactive efforts such as this legislative initiative to advance the proper role of laws, adopted through the legislative process, over non-elected bureaucratic edicts, strictly for the sake of advancing further government control. More activities, like this one, need to go forward, taking back control through positive legislative proposals that counter the agenda of those who believe so strongly in an all-powerful and dominating government.
Further, as voters, we need to become fully engaged in the promotion and election of candidates who are committed to a government of restraint and boundaries. Instead of the current ruling political party, the new majority that’s needed in the halls of our elected, deliberative bodies must make it a priority to protect citizens through actions which optimize their rights by diminishing government’s infringement.
It is ironic that the social engineers for less – advancing the causes of conservation, cutting back, limiting use of an ever-expanding list of everything – consider expanding big government and more control as perfectly acceptable to accomplish that result. There’s nothing wrong with responsible, non-wastefulness, but there’s a fundamental flaw in the principle that individuals can’t be trusted to make the appropriate decisions, so government must force their compliance. The needs of the whole can only be achieved through the diminishment of the individual.
That really wasn’t the idea that caused our forefathers to go through what they did to establish the system of government they created. In the view of those who support freedom and opportunities, by way of limited-government and the social contract of property rights and the rule of law – the expansion and intrusion of central planning, command and control require serious response.
Ideally, we will see success in proactive efforts such as this legislative initiative to advance the proper role of laws, adopted through the legislative process, over non-elected bureaucratic edicts, strictly for the sake of advancing further government control. More activities, like this one, need to go forward, taking back control through positive legislative proposals that counter the agenda of those who believe so strongly in an all-powerful and dominating government.
Further, as voters, we need to become fully engaged in the promotion and election of candidates who are committed to a government of restraint and boundaries. Instead of the current ruling political party, the new majority that’s needed in the halls of our elected, deliberative bodies must make it a priority to protect citizens through actions which optimize their rights by diminishing government’s infringement.
Posted by Doug Busselman at 1/22/2010 9:06 AM 
Categories: Government
Tags: EPA Regulations Government Control and Central Planning 2010 Election
Categories: Government
Tags: EPA Regulations Government Control and Central Planning 2010 Election
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